Having (finally) passed my PR with my score I can say with complete confidence that PR has too much effect. I realize Jon was trying to solve the dead zone issue... but is this fair? All I have to do to keep top score is make sure my PR is higher than the next guy.

I think it is fine. You aren't getting farmed at all that is why your score is so high. Also most people are fighting with a score higher than their pr as such they aren't actually creating any score. There is only a small amount of people at the top who are really being the ones to create the score.

I think what he's trying to say that is if somebody can beat him with a 100% win, that they will forever be second place unless they surpass his PR and/or make themselves entirely un-double-tap-able. Otherwise, no matter how often that person manages to beat him, a doubletap on that person would put them right back behind him while his score rises at a much much faster rate.

Issue here is that we could eventually end up with someone in the number one spot in score that is being beaten by up to 2 (perhaps 3, but really any more than that would certainly pluck them from the top spot), while having somebody in number two that is unbeatable in a single challenge by any team in the game.

you benefit from it if you attack someone larger than you even without challenge bonuses, Jon has actually stated that score is a factor in base rewards. So the key to rewards is keeping your score from dragging down the scores of your opponents.

we have often referred to that as the hidden bonus. it is why you can never hope to catch up to the top unless you get a higher challenge bonus and clan bonus or are beating people higher scored than what they can beat.

I hardly think that any character will ever have double the amount of pr to their mpr. This is rather a luxury problem, too much nw (almost a billion) with the largest tat. No sorry I don't think this is relevant to the next guy.

yes.. for example if I knock my score way down some with stalemates,(and it gets too high for me to make any XP or cash of consequence)..When I return for you I take more your SCORE and make more XP and cash ...old tourny trick :)

Yes, one good trick when running an ncb is knowing which targets you can beat some of the time or double tap who have a larger score than your regular targets. When you first start fighting hit them a couple times to get your score up on par with your regular targets so you keep a higher challenge bonus overall.

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